One of your objectives for the coming school year is to foster your students' creative thinking and/or behavior in a subject area you will be teaching. Basing your discussion on at least four different factors known to influence creativity, describe four strategies you might use to promote such creativity. Illustrate each strategy with a concrete example of what you might do
What will be an ideal response?
The textbook identifies six general strategies for promoting creativity, underlined in the list below. The response should include at least four of these strategies or more specific ones listed below each one; each strategy should be illustrated by a concrete example.
Value creativity.
• Encourage and reward unusual ideas.
• Look for answers and behaviors that, although not what you had in mind, are legitimately correct.
• Engage in creative behavior yourself.
Focus on internal rewards.
• Provide opportunities to explore special interests.
• Downplay the importance of grades.
• Focus students' attention on the internal satisfaction that creative efforts bring.
Promote mastery of a subject area.
• Help students master course content.
Ask thought-provoking questions.
• Ask higher-level questions
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